So today, I'll be going through all your Montagne Jeunesse entries, and will reveal the lucky winner tomorrow. However, I also wanted to do a post today (well, technically two, but anyway).

I would like to once again thank you all for being such amazing readers! I love reading all your lovely comments here, and on my other pages too. I'm so grateful for all the support with everything :)

Now, today, I'm home again, being sick, again. Nothing too serious, though, it's just that my body refuses to understand that enough is enough. Well, I bought my vitamins today, so I think that'll take care of it.

During the weekend, I once again made my absolute favourite snack, cheese popcorn. You can check the delicious recipe by clicking the picture. (I strongly recommend, this is such an addictive little snack!)

As for the style, I'm not rocking anything too special today, but, luckily I wore something nice on the weekend.
So, that's what you're going to see today:

Outfit of the day

Top: GinaTricot

Cardigan: Mango

Jeans: Only

Necklace: H&M

Bracelets: Nelly.com

Earrings: H&M

This was an outfit I actually threw on without really thinking, and only when my fiancé said how great it looked I realized the potential for a post. Now, let me explain why so. We kinda rearranged our livingroom a bit, and I thought it's a nice idea put our old mirror to a corner, and buy a new one. The only thing is that I haven't really got a new one since. The one we want (yes, we both) costs 100 euros, so we have to think carefully when to put that kind of amount to a mirror only. But I believe this month could be it.

Fingers crossed!

And speaking about fingers, here's some nail art I've been rocking ;)

Manicure of the day

The base is Mavala's shade 75, Miami, and the patterns are from Konad plates m36 and m51, and done with Konad nail polishes. The pink flowers don't show very well, but I thought they were nice nevertheless. What do you think?

Now, I must go finish up a school email, and try to find something that would actually cure me. I hate this flu.

As you might've read, I've been somewhat sick this week. That has meant plenty of liquids and endless hours of Gossip Girl. But it looks like I'm getting back on the tracks soon enough :)

But how are you all? Everyone doing fine? ♥

I hope so.

Okay, I never talk about politics, but how many of you know that we have the presidential elections at the moment in Finland? It's kinda interesting as we've had our first female president here for few years now, but it's time for a man again, apparently... (And that might be a good thing, if you don't mind me saying so.) Okay, so to cut this short, the race is now down to two men, and I'm interested to see which one wins. Not going to share my political views here, but just wanted to tell you what's going on in Finland.

Now, on Friday, I'm planning to focus on some web studies, so if I'm a bit quiet with commenting, don't worry - I'll be fully back in action on Saturday, if not before. ;)

I also managed to finish a couple of DIY projects this week, and I also took some photos, so I'll be posting them to the "Made by me" section during the weekend. ♥ (And I got so inspired by everything that I have big plans for creating details to our apartment. ;)

Anyway, to the outfit. I have been trying to cheer myself up by wearing bright colours this week, and I think it has worked. I feel loads better than on Monday, and I bet next week will go amazingly well. So, here's something I wore the past two days:

Outfit of the day

Jeans: Mango

T-Shirt: GinaTricot

Bolero: DIY

Socks: H&M

Watch: my fiancé's

Okay. So I ended up posing in our messy floor right next to shoes. Not too classy. :D

But what matters is that the clothes look like they should. I'm a bit disappointed that the pictures don't do justice to my make-up, but I try to get a better photo during weekend - in the daylight instead of 11pm shoot with flash. It totally makes the difference.

I don't know if it rings a bell, but this outfit is kind of an adaption of what Sarah Jessica Parker has worn. Who knows? (you can click here, if you don't) Probably a very used look by now, but when I saw that tee on the sales rack, the image of SJP hit me and I just had to buy it. And it's pretty darn cute, I think.

Moving on.

So, has anyone missed my manicures?

If so, you're in for a treat, because... I finally posted one! Yay!

Manicure of the day

Just something simple I made up with Mavala shade 34, Nicosia, and some ordinary crafting glitter. Oh, and I used (of course) some top coat, too. I thought this was cute, but how do you guys like it?

That's all from me now, but on Saturday, there'll be some Kreativ things ;) (in more than one ways. And also, I'll feature a weekend playlist, too!)

So, finally, I got the time to go through pictures and could make an outfit post.

Hurray! :D

Oh, how are you all doing? ♥

I've been actually a bit feverish today, but that didn't stop me from writing a pile of postcrossing cards, though it will probably stop me from going to school tomorrow. Oh, well. I can always do my independent studies work, so it's all good.

At the moment, I'm wathcing Gossip Girl, trying to get the temperature right on my body so that I could actually sleep - we'll see how that goes :D

A flower bouquet from my fiancé, which I placed on the livingroom so that I can admire it all times ;) I just snapped a quick photo, so it looks a lot darker than it really is... But you get the idea!

But then, to the main point, the outfit. It's a bit of a 2-in-1 again, and I hope you like the colourful simplicity of it:

Outfit of the day

It must be admitted, that on school days, I really couldn't give a damn how I look. Hence, in many of my school looks, you'll see little to no make-up at all, simple combinations and lots of comfy.

This outfit isn't an exception.

So, what you see above is the day-time look, but when we, business students of Tampere university of applied sciences, go for drinks at night, it looks like this:

Spot the difference?

That's right, we switch our pants to these übersexy overalls, whose colour is termined by our major. (Mine is business, if you didn't know that already.)

And, well, technically we just usually throw these overalls on top of our outfit, but we never - yes, never - wear them like one piece. Never. We just casually wrap the top part around the waist.

And which kinda doesn't show here, the overalls are supposed to always be worn in a way that the school logo and, most importantly, the name of our major shows. After all, we are more than proud to belong to the school community. And why wouldn't we, as I can say I have really met amazing people there already, and I only know like 30 out of our year.

Nothing to add there. Just, I loved the colours!

Jeans: Cubus

Shirt: GinaTricot

Shoes: Puma

Socks: H&M

Earrings: H&M

Cuff: Nelly.com

Blue necklace: second hand

Black necklace: GinaTricot

Do you like to make a simple outfit more special by adding plenty of bright colours?

I know I do. ;)

But hey, I must go now, time to get some rest for tomorrow! ( though I swear I can feel the fever rising by just thinking about it.)

Blog ya later!

xoxo

Johanna

EDIT: P.S. If you want to know random facts about me, check out my previous post ;) And don't forget the face mask giveaway, which is still open for a week or so. ;)

I just finished a Skype call to my mom, we talked for an hour, and I must say, living this far away from my parents, it's very comforting to see their faces on my computer screen every once in a while. You know what I mean?

I feel weird posting this "early" in the evening, but I thought I'd get this - along with some school work - done so that I could go and have a fun time with my school friends tonight. I admit, I'm feeling a teensy bit of sick, sore throat, warm forehead, cough... But they insisted me going, so I think I'll take my chances :D

Oh, and you should see my most fashionable outfit for the night :D (Actually, I think it'll be up on Monday, so...) It's totally something.

Anyway, here's what I wore to school, and off-school, some days ago. (notice the messy hair...)

Outfit of the day

Jeans: H&M

Striped top: Mango

Jacket: H&M

Shoes: SpiritStore

Furry shoe add-ons: Cubus

Bracelet: H&M

Necklace: Accessorize

Earrings: H&M

Ring: GinaTricot

I was trying to create a bit more sophisticated look than usual, and I think I kinda pulled it off. ;) Okay, I should've had a sleek hairdo to finish it off, but didn't feel like it :D So, sorry... But apart from that, what do you think?

And another thing to be sorry about... I don't know what went through my mind when I removed the manicure I had there without photographing them. Crazy, isn't it? I think so too... And that was such a fun manicure, as I had black and white nails with a leopard print on them... Well... All the more reason to do it again. :D

I'm such a bad blogger, I know.

But hey, I try to make it all up to you on Saturday, when I'm going to write about make-up, give some tips, links, and tell a bit about my routines with the products. :) Would any of you have something special in mind you'd like to know about the products I use, techniques, or make-up in general? Leave your thoughts and questions in the comment box, and I'll go through them before writing. ♥

I'm pleased to tell you that there's already 127 readers as I'm writing this post. I can't believe it! People, remember, you are amazing! ♥ I wouldn't be doing my job here as well, if it weren't for you. All the amazing comments, great tips, fantastic opinions... Gosh, can't htank you all enough.

And for those who have left me comments asking me to visit or follow, I'm sorry I'm a bit slow with contacting, I've been a bit busy. :) I'll get down with that right after this! ;)

But hey, how has your weekend been? Mine has been full of household tasks, like cleaning, laundry and rearranging. (I sound really neurotic cleaner here, don't I? Well, the truth is... I'm not.)

Also, today I got this from Ikea:

A mystery box.

...including metal rods, plastic...

And wait, what? There IS a manual?

Thank God.

This stil looked everything but a lamp to me. (Yes, lovelies, this is supposed to be a sweet lamp.)

And when I was done with it, it actually looked like one! Yay! I assebled it all by myself, so I think I can be super proud of myself.

Right?

Anyway, today it's been quite freezing again in here, -18 degrees Celsius, to be exact. I hate it. -10 wouldn't bother me at all, but this... I hate it. And imagine this, this time last year we were having up (or should I actually say down?) to -30 (and even over that) degrees!

I wonder how I survived.

Jeans: GinaTricot

Boots: SpiritStore

White top: GinaTricot

Knit: Mango

Jacket: Mango

Infinity scarf: GinaTricot

Hat: GinaTricot

Bangles: Nelly.com

Ring: GinaTricot

Yep, this is how I dressed for school this week. Well, for two days at least. It was very comfy outfit, and I felt it didn't need any fancy statement accessories. And if the knit looks a bit big for me... It is. At least one size too big. But I had to have it as my favourite sweater has the exact same print, and I'm constantly scared something will happen to it. Now, I don't have to stress. :)

My other school look will be up on the next post (supposedly on Tuesday, if nothing special happens) and so will be a next manicure. ;) Oh, and a surprise I got this morning ;) ♥

Now, I must ask, how many of you has read L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad? Because I bought it few days ago and I'm wondering if it's good or not... Opinions? (I'll be writing a review of my own once I have read it).

I think this is all I have to say now...

... Oh, wait! Have you already noticed my Montagne Jeunesse giveaway? There's still plenty of time to enter ;) (and big thanks to those lovelies who have already entered!)

And have you already entered the sweet little giveaway I have? You can find it here.

Today, I have enjoyed my day off after going back to school (for 3 whole days, isn't that a lot? :D). I ran a few errands, like grocery shopping, cooking, and I did my nails - which are featured on an upcoming post.

Yes, that means my outfit posts come a week late - at this point, at least - but that's for having posts for you even if I end up having a super busy week with clothing you don't want to see here. (Believe it, I have plenty of that, too :D)

Anyways, last Saturday, there was the most beautiful winter day here in Tampere, and as I went to prepare our car for a shopping trip, I couldn't resist taking my new Sony with me. And I took these photos:

A view from our front door.

Same as previous, but looking the other way

Some wanna-be artistic shots of few plants/trees on our yard.

And my snowy shoes. Completely random. I know.

Okay, I guess that's enough of random photos for today. (I must warn you, I don't think they will stop for the future, though. Sorry.) Moving on to what - at least most of you - care more about.

Yes, outfit ;)

You will notice sooner or later that when I shop, I will dress as comfy as possible. That particular day was pretty cold, so I was trusting my knit and cap, even inside. Maybe not too girly, but super comfy!

I loved this relaxed look, though the sweater tends to be a bit cold for my taste. But hey, could be worse. ;) What do you think of this easy look?

As you might know, I'm trying to learn to be creative with my Christmas present, Konad manicure set (I ♥ it so hard!) and I use any excuse to try a new pattern from the plates. My metallic sweater, and the star pattern trend from the Autumn, made me create this:

Today, I gotta admit I wore something totally different. Why? Because we ate out today. I just had to take photos of the food, it was amazing! ♥ (And Cliff, yes, I am indeed a bit of a food enthusiast ;))

Chicken salad.

Pancakes and cherry-chocolate chip ice cream ♥

I need to tell you that I'm in no means a salad girl, I love my steaks, and I like them as raw as possible :D (yep, that's how much of a guy I am with food) But I'll give credit to the chef of the evening, my salad was absolutely delicious. And my dessert was pretty amazing, too. :)

And speaking of sweet things, I want to take a moment to congratulate a fellow blogger for her 27th birthday, so, Laura, this one is just for you!

Happy Birthday, beautiful ♥ This is as close to a real card I could make it this year. :)

Okay, before this post gets any more out of focus than it already is, I'll stop writing and start reading your amazing blogs ;)